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FEDERAL COURT, July 23 -- On July 13, months after the DC Circuit's decision in US v. Munchel, DDC Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey had before him Capitol breach defendant Robert Morss - and his parents.

  Both parents testified under oath, about a road trip with Robert and his substitute teaching after graduating from Penn State. The US brought up new text messages about a tactical vest that carried armored plates. Morss and his lawyer will get that, and redacted into the docket, then reconvene. Inner City Press live tweeted it here.

  Judge Harvey considered videos and purported to order to make them available to the public - but they still are not, confined to a password protected DOJ platform USAfx, see below, even as Judge Harvey detained Morss. Inner City Press wrote to Judge Harvey; his Chamber first said wait, then "Mr. Lee: If you still want access to the videos you should file a motion pursuant to the local rules."

   So for the public to have access to judicial documents the public must have or pay a DDC lawyer? Inner City Press made another filing, to Judge Harvey, DOJ and the "Coalition's" Lauren Russell at ballardspahr.com - the filing is on Inner City Press' DocumentCloud, here.

 On July 23 first Inner City Press was told that the filing would be docketed and likely approved. Then that DOJ would call (it did). For now, access only to the US v. Morss videos, not the other cases even USA v. Schwartz, 21-cr-178 (requesting pending before Judge Mehta) and USA v. EGTVEDT, 21-cr-00177-CRC (Inner City Press requests pending before Judge Cooper).

  Here are some of the Morss case videos Inner City Press immediately uploaded: I (with a red arrow pointing at a man with a tactical vest, apparently with armored plates);

II  (in which Morss says "Back up" and an officer picks up and pushes back a person, no arrest);

III  (in which Morss near end gestures to officers to move; note PRESS jacket floating through);

IV (in which Morss right at end lunges and grabs metal barrier, raised it up); and

V (in which after much shoving Morss right at end again appears, grabbing).

  Inner City Press' understanding is that after the Media Coalition filings and the Chief Judge's response, now even media that otherwise would have access have been denied it, and the public has gotten nothing. We'll have more on this.

On July 14, Magistrate Judge Harvey continued the hearing, but there were more questions about videos that the US Attorney's Office has not provided even to the court, while withholding them from the public. Inner City Press live tweeted it here.

On July 20 at 4 pm, after Inner City Press emailed Judge Harvey and his chambers about the non-public availability of the used videos, Judge Harvey ordered Morss detained, with the videos still withheld. Inner City Press live tweeted it here:

We will have more on this.

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